Keegan Holt and Shiann Cochran battled it out for a couple of rounds, before Holt was deemed the winner. With Cochran in second place, the third place finisher was Quinn Boyd.

Rybicki and Holt went on to compete in a spell-off against each other, with Rybicki winning. He will now represent Clayton Intermediate School in the state spelling bee Saturday, March 2 at St. Mark's High School.